Several former Ministers and ex-MLAs from AIADMK met Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at TVK headquarters in Panaiyur Saturday . First time these new members engaged with Mr. Vijay since jumping to ruling party. Among attendees: former Ministers C. Vijayabaskar,M.R. Vijayabhaskar,Kadambur C . Raju,Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan,plus ex-MLAs Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama.
The meeting,lasting about an hour,let Mr. Vijay welcome new inductees, talk roles within party. N. Anand,party general secretary and Minister for Rural Development and Water Resources,handled induction earlier in day . He assured newcomers of party postings after talks with Mr. Vijay.
In related move,former Minister S.S. Vaigai Selvan,who just quit AIADMK,also joined TVK same day,had brief chat with Chief Minister . Mood at HQ was optimistic,with Mr. Anand urging new members to work with existing TVK functionaries to boost party's efforts…






